Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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The San Bruno gas fire and the futility of harping on fossil-fuel disasters
An explosion from a ruptured natural-gas line killed at least four people and destroyed an entire city block in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno on Thursday night. But people don't need hectoring told-you-so's in response to all these disasters. They need to see a vision of a sustainable future that actually looks appealing.
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BP report makes you wonder: This is 'safety first'?
Reaction to BP's report from its internal investigation of the Gulf explosion has been almost all negative.
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BP report says there's plenty of blame to spread around for Gulf explosion
BP accepts some responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon explosion, but also points fingers at its partners, in a report released today.
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Obama: Rebuild America by slashing oil tax breaks
The president says we can create jobs by fixing the country's infrastructure but he wants to slash Big Oil tax breaks to help pay for it. Uh-oh.
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Latest Gulf oil well explosion was no disaster, but what does it say about offshore drilling?
Thursday's fire in the Gulf had little in common with the BP disaster, but critics of offshore drilling say it highlights how risky the practice is.
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Big Oil rallies to save Big Oil
A nationwide series of rallies kicked off in Texas this week urging Congress to block legislation proposed in the wake of the BP oil disaster that would regulate the oil and gas industry more strictly and eliminate tax breaks. The organizer of the Rally for Jobs events? The American Petroleum Institute (API), with help from […]
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New rules push oil inspectors to clean up their act
Damning BP reports, Murkowski concedes, MMS cleans up, California lawmakers nix a ban on plastic bags, and more.
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Moving beyond oil [TRANSCRIPT]
Our expert panel discusses if, when, and how we might transition to cleaner, safer sources of energy.